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Title: The Riddle of the Night

Author: Thomas W. Hanshew

Release Date: July 27, 2010 [EBook #33271]

Language: English

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THE RIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

[Illustration: HE TOOK UP THE DECANTERS ONE BY ONE AND SAMPLED THEIR
CONTENTS IN TURN]

THE INTERNATIONAL
ADVENTURE LIBRARY

[Illustration]

THREE OWLS EDITION

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THE RIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT

BY
THOMAS W. HANSHEW

Author of
"Cleek, the Man of the Forty Faces,"
"Cleek of Scotland Yard,"
Etc.

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W. R. CALDWELL & CO.
NEW YORK

_Copyright, 1915, by_
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A Mysterious Affair 3
II. How the Chase Ended 14
III. The Shadow That Lay Behind 23
IV. Clews and Suspicions 36
V. The Riddle of the Night 47
VI. A Little Discrepancy 58
VII. "Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before" 72
VIII. Ailsa Lorne 77
IX. Blind Groping 88
X. Another Strand in the Web 101
XI. The Cloudburst 109
XII. The Thunderbolt 120
XIII. A Question of Veracity 127
XIV. A Change in the Program 139
XV. A Clew from the Air 149
XVI. A Bold Stroke